Liverpool Life Sciences UTC

Secondary · University technical college · Mixed · Liverpool

41 Greenland Street, Liverpool, L1 0BS

Website 01512301320

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Standards maintained

No graded inspection

Application demand

—

No council data

Attendance

90.3%

32.5% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

587

Capacity used

Has space

73%

800 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Details

Type: University technical college
Phase: Secondary
Age range: 14–19
Gender: Mixed
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Headteacher: Jill Davies
Address: 41 Greenland Street, Liverpool, L1 0BS
Phone: 01512301320
Local authority: Liverpool
Ward / constituency: City Centre South · Liverpool Riverside
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 139588

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	43%	—	—
English as additional language	26%	—	—
SEN support	14%	—	—

50% boys (292)50% girls (295)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST

587 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

25
21 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 378 pupils

Attendance

90.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

9.7%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

32.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

2.1%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.5%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

15%

20/21

33%

21/22

37%

22/23

33%

23/24

33%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	41.3	—	—
Progress 8 score	-0.34	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	34%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	54%	—	—
EBacc average point score	3.45	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	27.40	—	—

Average grade: C- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	46.3	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	46.3%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	62.5%	65%
Entering EBacc	16.2%	40%
EBacc average point score	3.88	4.1
Pupils in cohort	136	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.43

Other pupils

-0.23

Low prior attainers

+0.16

Middle prior attainers

-0.47

High prior attainers

-0.67

Girls

-0.68

Boys

+0.12

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	28.99	35
Average grade	C	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	8.8%	17%
A-level students	51	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	136	24%	54%	74%
English Language	136	18%	48%	66%
English Literature	135	13%	56%	70%
Combined Science	91	5%	26%	52%
History	61	18%	46%	52%
Social Studies	48	23%	67%	77%
Biology	45	36%	80%	96%
Physics	44	32%	68%	89%
Chemistry	44	39%	75%	89%
Business	43	2%	30%	49%
Geography	41	22%	49%	66%
Art and Design	40	8%	60%	80%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Mathematics	28	4%	7%	43%
Chemistry	25	0%	12%	24%
Biology	20	5%	15%	40%
Psychology	14	7%	7%	14%
Physics	10	0%	10%	40%
Sociology	10	0%	0%	10%
Business Studies	7	0%	14%	71%
Arabic	4	0%	0%	0%
French	2	0%	0%	0%
History	2	0%	0%	0%
Computer Science	2	0%	0%	0%
English Literature	2	0%	0%	0%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 19228: Liverpool Life Sciences UTC

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	≤5
Offers	0
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	0

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	64%	—	—
Apprenticeships	2%	—	—
Any education or training	66%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Liverpool council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.